Alexander Critchley

{{Short description|British politician (1893–1974)}}

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{{Use British English|date=August 2016}}

{{Infobox politician

|name = Alexander Critchley

|birth_date = 17 December 1893

|birth_place = Ormskirk, England

|death_date = {{death date and age|4 September 1974|17 December 1893|df=yes}}

|alma_mater = University of Liverpool

|spouse = {{marriage|Lucy Lindsay|1925}}

|title = Member of Parliament for Liverpool Edge Hill

|party = Conserative Party

|term_start = 1935

|term_end = 1945

|predecessor = Hugo Rutherford

|successor = Richard Clitherow

|father = William Edwin Critchley

}}

Alexander Critchley (17 December 1893 – 4 September 1974)Michael Stenton, Stephen Lees, Who's who of British members of parliament: a biographical dictionary of the House of Commons, based on annual volumes of Dod's 'parliamentary companion' and other sources, Volume 3, Publisher: Harvester Press, 1981, 413 pages, [https://books.google.com/books?id=eQcWAQAAIAAJ&q=Alexander+Critchley+1893+liverpool+lucy page 82] was a British Conservative politician. He was elected a member of parliament for Liverpool Edge Hill in 1935{{London Gazette |issue=34223 |date=26 November 1935 |page=7501}} until 1945, when he stood down. An accountant by profession, he was also a member of Liverpool City Council. In 1946, he was re-elected as the chairman of the Liverpool Power and Lighting Committee.The Electrical journal, Volume 137, Published 1946, [https://books.google.com/books?id=FxLOAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Alexander+Critchley%22 page 1506]